Epistemic Selectivities and the Valorisation of Nature: The Cases of the Nagoya Protocol and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

This article addresses the intertwined and contentious relationship between knowledge production and policy-making inside the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). We develop the argument that international biodiversity politics is constituted by epistemic selectivities, in which a set of favour...

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Main Author: Ulrich Brand and Alice B.M. Vadrot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: School of Oriental and African Studies 2013-09-01
Series:Law, Environment and Development Journal
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Online Access:http://lead-journal.org/content/13202.pdf